Automobile cranking device.



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v AUTOMOBILE CRANKING DBVIGE.

APPLIU'TION FILED SEPT.14, 191'0.

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s. WOHLDT.l AUTOMOBILE GRANKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.14, 1910.

Patented M2121, 1911.

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AUTOMOBILE CRANKING DEVICE.

Application lled September 14, 1910. Serial No. 582,090.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SicFRiD `Wol-incr, citi- `zen of the United States,residing at Derry,

in the county of Westmoreland and State of .lennsylvanieu have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile l and With'out the necessity for. dismounting.`

' scribed and then y Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is automatically connected to and disconnected from the cranking shaft by the same movements which operate the same. .y

With these and other objects in view the invention consists incertain novel features of construction as hereafter shown and desp'ecically pointed out in the claims.

The improved device may be applied Without material structural changes to autom'o; biles of various makes and forms, but for the' purpose of illustration is shown applied to a conventional vehicle of this class, and in the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a plan view, partly in section, of a portion of an automobile7 with the improvement applied. F ig. 2 ris a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters. j

In'the drawings the frame work of the automobile is represented at 10, the motor casing at 11, and a portion of the cranking shaft at 12, of the usual construction.-

nThe improved device comprises in general a clutch between the operating mechanism and the sparker or cranking shaft, a crank rod arranged for b oth rotary and longitudinal movement and leading to a point convenient to the drivers seat, and connecting mechanism between the crank rodand the clutchwliereby the clutch is closed and the sparker shaft operated by the same operating rod.

The improved device comprises more speciically a transverse supporting member 13 carried by the frame 10-and through which a clutch shaft 14 is mounted for both slidable and. rotary motion. The shaft 14 is provided at one end with a tubular clutch member 15 which slides over the end of the engine shaft 12 and engages when inone position, with pins 16 projecting from the latter and is disengaged from the pins when in its other position. At its opposite end the shaft 14 is provided with a'bevel gear 17 and with a s )ring 18 between the bevel gear and the inem er 13, the spring thus operating to maintain the clutch member 15 yieldably out of engagement.

Connected to the forward member of the frame 10 is a'bi'acket 19 having, a bearing .sleeve 20 mounted to swing thereon at 21.

The bearinfr sleeve carries a counter sha-ft 22 having a bevel gear 23 on one end in constant engagement with the gear 17, and with another bevel gear 24 upon its other end. Extending longitudinally of thel frame 10 and supported therefrom by suitable bearl y ings 25, is an operating rod 26, the rod being .arranged for both rot-ary and longitudinal movement in its bearings. The i'od 26 is provided with an operatingcrank 27 at one end and a bevel gear 28 at the other end, the latter being in constant engagement with the bevel gear, 24.

The hub of the gear wheel 28 is provided with an annular channel, and engaging in this channel is a collar 29, the hub thus rotating in the collar, and projecting from the collar is an arm 30 which is extended over the sleeve 20 and coupled movably thereto as by a slot 31 and pin 32, to provide a flexible joint between the rod and the Isleeve. The hub of the gear 17 is also -provided with an annular channel to receive a collar 33 having an arm 34 extending over the bearing sleeve 20 and fiexibly coupled thereto by a slot 35 and' pin 36, to provide a flexible joint between the shafts 14 and 20 and the bearing sleeve.

By this arrangement the parts are firmly supportedV during all parts of' the movements and cramping or unequal movements between the gears prevented.

The rod 26 is preferably formed in tivo parts connected by an adjustable coupling sleeve 37, so that the rod may be adjusted longitudinally, as required. The crank 2T.

is preferably detachable from the rod when not in use.

The force of the spring -18 is suilicient to maintain the clutch member 15 normally disconnected from the engine shaft 12 and also to maintain the rod 26 yieldably at one end of its movement longitudinally, as shown in Fig. l. Then when the driver desires to i crank the engine to cause the sparker to operate he applies 4the lcrank 27 to the rod 26 and moves the latter endwise to rock the sleeve 20 upon its pivot- 21 and couple the clutch vand then as the crank is rotated the sparker is actuated in the usual manner, and this operation, it will be obvious, can be accomplished by the driver without leaving his seat.

`The improved device is simple in construction, and can be readily applied Without material structural changesto all the different makes of automobiles, and materially decreases the delay and annoyance of cranking vehicles of'this class, as all the necessary movements can be produced by the driver seat.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. An attachment for automobiles comprising a clutch device adapted to be engaged with the engine shaft of an automobile, a bracket adapted to be connected tov the frame of an automobile, a bearing sleeve mounted to swing upon said bracket, a shaft carried by said sleeve, motion transmitting means between said clutch device and the shaft of said sleeve and in constant engagement with said shaft, a member adapted to be operated from the seat of an automobile, means for rotatively coupling said operated member to said sleeve shaft, and means for maintaining said coupling memblrfin constant engagement with the sleeve s a t.

Without dismounting on leaving his.

esmas 2. lThe combination with an automobile including the frame and engine shaft, of a clutch member carried by said shaft, an opposing clutch member arranged to be engaged with said engine shaft clutch member. 'a shaft supported to swing intermediate its ends, -an operating member movably connected'to said frame, means `for transmitting motion from said' operating member to said swinging Shaft, means for transmitting motion from said swinging shaft to said opposing clutch member, coupling means between said swinging shaft and'said opposing clutch member, and coupling means between said operating member and saidv swinging shaft.

3. An attachment for automobiles com-l sleeve and said clutch device, and coupling' means between said ing means.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIGFRID WOHLDT. L. s]

lVitnesses G. E. SMITH, ADAM L. DoBERNEoli..

sleeve andsaid operat- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, 

